diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/tegra241-cmdqv.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/tegra241-cmdqv.c
index 8d6da7b0f6ba..7233aa6c2d6e 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/tegra241-cmdqv.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/tegra241-cmdqv.c
@@ -944,16 +944,22 @@ static int tegra241_cmdqv_init_structures(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu)
 static struct dentry *cmdqv_debugfs_dir;
 #endif
 
-static struct arm_smmu_device *
-__tegra241_cmdqv_probe(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu, struct resource *res,
-		       int irq)
+/*
+ * Probe the CMDQV and reallocate @smmu into the larger cmdqv->smmu.
+ *
+ * devm_krealloc() may relocate and free the original @smmu, so update *smmu to
+ * the new pointer once it succeeds. The error paths after it do the same, so a
+ * caller falling back keeps a live @smmu instead of the freed original.
+ */
+static int __tegra241_cmdqv_probe(struct arm_smmu_device **smmu,
+				  struct resource *res, int irq)
 {
 	static const struct arm_smmu_impl_ops init_ops = {
 		.init_structures = tegra241_cmdqv_init_structures,
 		.device_remove = tegra241_cmdqv_remove,
 	};
-	struct tegra241_cmdqv *cmdqv = NULL;
-	struct arm_smmu_device *new_smmu;
+	struct device *dev = (*smmu)->dev;
+	struct tegra241_cmdqv *cmdqv;
 	void __iomem *base;
 	u32 regval;
 	int ret;
@@ -962,25 +968,28 @@ __tegra241_cmdqv_probe(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu, struct resource *res,
 
 	base = ioremap(res->start, resource_size(res));
 	if (!base) {
-		dev_err(smmu->dev, "failed to ioremap\n");
-		return NULL;
+		dev_err(dev, "failed to ioremap\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	regval = readl(base + TEGRA241_CMDQV_CONFIG);
 	if (disable_cmdqv) {
-		dev_info(smmu->dev, "Detected disable_cmdqv=true\n");
+		dev_info(dev, "Detected disable_cmdqv=true\n");
 		writel(regval & ~CMDQV_EN, base + TEGRA241_CMDQV_CONFIG);
+		ret = -ENODEV;
 		goto iounmap;
 	}
 
-	cmdqv = devm_krealloc(smmu->dev, smmu, sizeof(*cmdqv), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!cmdqv)
+	cmdqv = devm_krealloc(dev, *smmu, sizeof(*cmdqv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cmdqv) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto iounmap;
-	new_smmu = &cmdqv->smmu;
+	}
+	*smmu = &cmdqv->smmu;
 
 	cmdqv->irq = irq;
 	cmdqv->base = base;
-	cmdqv->dev = smmu->impl_dev;
+	cmdqv->dev = (*smmu)->impl_dev;
 	cmdqv->base_phys = res->start;
 
 	regval = readl_relaxed(REG_CMDQV(cmdqv, PARAM));
@@ -992,8 +1001,10 @@ __tegra241_cmdqv_probe(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu, struct resource *res,
 
 	cmdqv->vintfs =
 		kzalloc_objs(*cmdqv->vintfs, cmdqv->num_vintfs);
-	if (!cmdqv->vintfs)
+	if (!cmdqv->vintfs) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto iounmap;
+	}
 
 	ida_init(&cmdqv->vintf_ids);
 
@@ -1022,24 +1033,23 @@ __tegra241_cmdqv_probe(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu, struct resource *res,
 #endif
 
 	/* Provide init-level ops only, until tegra241_cmdqv_init_structures */
-	new_smmu->impl_ops = &init_ops;
+	cmdqv->smmu.impl_ops = &init_ops;
 
-	return new_smmu;
+	return 0;
 
 free_vintfs:
 	ida_destroy(&cmdqv->vintf_ids);
 	kfree(cmdqv->vintfs);
 iounmap:
 	iounmap(base);
-	return NULL;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 struct arm_smmu_device *tegra241_cmdqv_probe(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(smmu->impl_dev);
-	struct arm_smmu_device *new_smmu;
 	struct resource *res;
-	int irq;
+	int irq, ret;
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	if (!res) {
@@ -1052,15 +1062,15 @@ struct arm_smmu_device *tegra241_cmdqv_probe(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu)
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
 			 "no interrupt. errors will not be reported\n");
 
-	new_smmu = __tegra241_cmdqv_probe(smmu, res, irq);
-	if (new_smmu)
-		return new_smmu;
+	ret = __tegra241_cmdqv_probe(&smmu, res, irq);
+	if (!ret)
+		return smmu;
 
 out_fallback:
 	dev_info(smmu->impl_dev, "Falling back to standard SMMU CMDQ\n");
 	smmu->options &= ~ARM_SMMU_OPT_TEGRA241_CMDQV;
 	put_device(smmu->impl_dev);
-	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+	return smmu;
 }
 
 /* User space VINTF and VCMDQ Functions */